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Jonte_1979 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-03 10:46 AM
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I just quit taking morphine - ask me anything!
This is my first "ask me anything" thread so please be gentle.
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-03 10:48 AM
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1. Why were you taking morphine?
:shrug:
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Jonte_1979 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-03 10:53 AM
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2. I have been in a lot of pain
I had a trachestomy done back in '96 and it did not work out the way the doctors had expected... at all.
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-03 10:57 AM
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3. Ouch!! I hope you feel better
Edited on Sun Aug-17-03 10:57 AM by sasquatch
that sounds painful.
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Jonte_1979 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-03 10:59 AM
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4. I am
Thanks for your concern.
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roughsatori Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-03 10:59 AM
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5. You have been taking morphine for 6 years?
Every day?

I hope you are doing this with your doctors knowledge.

My father stooped his oxy-contin on his own after 9 months and on the third say his mind snapped. He was hallucinating wildly and it was only then that I counted his pills, and he told me he was stopping on his own. We had to get him immediate help.
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Jonte_1979 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-03 11:05 AM
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6. Just for 2 and a half years
I have cut down gradually per the instructions of my doctor.
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roughsatori Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-03 11:13 AM
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7. Good, I was on 85 milligrams of methadone for 5 years
I got off it in the hospital. I was just worried that you might be doing it on your own--good luck.
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sam sarrha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-17-03 11:43 AM
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8. Just be thankful that you dont have to quit smoking, i hear it's 5X as
hard as harion...thats why almost 500,000 people every year would rather die than quit! I quit after 20 years of trying again after every pack... i finally quit by learning to meditate... it just fell away.
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